It seems to be like a on line casino received’t be coming to South Florida’s famed Fontainebleau resort. Jeffrey Soffer, proprietor of Fontainebleau Development, had hoped a brand new invoice within the legislature would enable him to switch his gaming license to the property.
Soffer, who additionally opened a brand new Fontainebleau on line casino in Las Vegas in December, has lobbied in recent times for a change in gaming regulation. The new invoice would have allowed gaming licenses to be transferred to a different property inside a 30-mile radius.
However, the state senate’s Regulated Industries Committee scrapped a deliberate assembly set for Monday to contemplate the invoice. Miami Beach authorities officers, residents, and leaders in South Florida expressed opposition to the plan within the days main as much as the assembly.
Opponents Rally Against Plan
Gov. Ron DeSantis® supported the invoice and urged lawmakers to approve it. However, ramped-up opposition was sufficient to derail these plans. The invoice could have additionally benefited Donald Trump, who owns a golf resort in Doral. The former president’s son, Eric Trump, has known as the resort “unmatched from a gaming perspective.”
Billionaire hedge fund proprietor Ken Griffin was a type of who spoke out in opposition to presumably bringing extra casinos to South Florida.
“Allowing casinos to harm thriving communities and undermine Florida families is like willingly dumping toxic waste into the Everglades,” Griffin famous in a press release. “Casinos are a bad bet for Florida.”
As the assembly approached, the Miami Beach Commission scheduled using a airplane to deliver 100 officers and residents to Tallahassee to protest the invoice. That could have led to the assembly’s cancellation, in keeping with stories, and the shelving of the invoice. Support amongst legislators apparently waned just lately as effectively, and its passage turned an uphill climb.
Reports point out Soffer hoped to switch the gaming license from his Big Easy Casino and Hollywood Greyhound Track at Hallandale Beach to the Fontainebleau property. Those plans now look to be derailed.
